The Land Registration (Proper Office) Order 2007

• Citation: S.I. 2007/3517
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Land Registration (Proper Office) Order 2007 and shall come into force on 1 April 2008.

Section 2 Applications to which this Order applies

(1) This Order applies to any application to the registrar except an application delivered to the registrar—

(a) in accordance with a written arrangement as to delivery made between the registrar and the applicant or between the registrar and the applicant’s conveyancer, or

(b) under the provisions of any relevant notice given under Schedule 2 to the Land Registration Rules 2003 .

(2) In this article “conveyancer” means—

(a) a solicitor,

(b) a licensed conveyancer within the meaning of section 11(2) of the Administration of Justice Act 1985 ,

(c) a fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives, or

(d) a duly certificated notary public.

Section 3 Designation of the proper office

(1) The proper office for the receipt of an application to which this Order applies is any office of the land registry specified in column 1 of the Schedule which is opposite an administrative area shown in column 2 of the Schedule in which the land to which that application relates is wholly or partly situated.

(2) In the Schedule, a reference to a named office of the land registry does not include a reference to any sub-office of that office.

Section 4 Revocation

The Land Registration (Proper Office) Order 2003 and the Land Registration (Proper Office) (Amendment) Order 2005 are revoked.